US5064296A - Integrated semiconductor circuit for thermal measurements - Google Patents
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
- G01F1/00—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow
- G01F1/68—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using thermal effects
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
- G01F1/00—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow
- G01F1/68—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using thermal effects
- G01F1/696—Circuits therefor, e.g. constant-current flow meters
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01K—MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G01K17/00—Measuring quantity of heat
- G01K17/04—Calorimeters using compensation methods, i.e. where the absorbed or released quantity of heat to be measured is compensated by a measured quantity of heating or cooling
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NL8901602A NL8901602A (en) | 1989-06-23 | 1989-06-23 | INTEGRATED SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH FOR THERMAL MEASUREMENTS. |
NL8901602 | 1989-06-23 |
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DE (1) | DE69002409T2 (en) |
DK (1) | DK0404218T3 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2043252T3 (en) |
NL (1) | NL8901602A (en) |
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US5295746A (en) * | 1992-02-05 | 1994-03-22 | The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Department Of Health And Human Services | High resolution digital thermometer |
US5654507A (en) * | 1996-07-03 | 1997-08-05 | Board Of Trustees Operating Michigan State University | Pulse width modulated constant temperature anemometer |
US5838578A (en) * | 1993-09-21 | 1998-11-17 | Intel Corporation | Method and apparatus for programmable thermal sensor for an integrated circuit |
US6055489A (en) * | 1997-04-15 | 2000-04-25 | Intel Corporation | Temperature measurement and compensation scheme |
US6363490B1 (en) | 1999-03-30 | 2002-03-26 | Intel Corporation | Method and apparatus for monitoring the temperature of a processor |
US6393374B1 (en) | 1999-03-30 | 2002-05-21 | Intel Corporation | Programmable thermal management of an integrated circuit die |
US6749335B2 (en) * | 2002-05-17 | 2004-06-15 | Sun Microsystems, Inc. | Adjustment and calibration system for post-fabrication treatment of on-chip temperature sensor |
US20040136437A1 (en) * | 2003-01-14 | 2004-07-15 | Satya Prakash | Thermal characterization chip |
US20040195674A1 (en) * | 1999-03-30 | 2004-10-07 | Gunther Stephen H. | Methods and apparatus for thermal management of an integrated circuit die |
US20070140309A1 (en) * | 2005-12-16 | 2007-06-21 | Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha | Thermal flow rate sensor supplying digital output |
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US4008617A (en) * | 1975-01-09 | 1977-02-22 | Filac Corporation | Electronic thermometer and method |
US4045658A (en) * | 1976-01-12 | 1977-08-30 | Alnor Instrument Co. | Digitized linearizing correction apparatus with frequency modulation |
US4186384A (en) * | 1975-06-24 | 1980-01-29 | Honeywell Inc. | Signal bias remover apparatus |
SU851117A1 (en) * | 1979-07-03 | 1981-07-30 | Тернопольский Финансово-Экономи-Ческий Институт | Device for measuring temperature |
SU898266A1 (en) * | 1980-05-16 | 1982-01-15 | Московский институт электронной техники | Device for measuring temperature fields |
US4373386A (en) * | 1979-07-09 | 1983-02-15 | Brooks Instrument B.V. | Direction sensitive flow velocity meter and sensing plate to be used on it |
US4439756A (en) * | 1982-01-20 | 1984-03-27 | International Telephone And Telegraph Corporation | Delta-Sigma modulator with switch capacitor implementation |
US4651564A (en) * | 1982-09-30 | 1987-03-24 | Honeywell Inc. | Semiconductor device |
US4672361A (en) * | 1984-09-07 | 1987-06-09 | Hitachi, Ltd. | Linear interpolative analog-to-digital converter |
US4693116A (en) * | 1983-06-20 | 1987-09-15 | Nippon Soken, Inc. | Semiconductor-chip gas-flow measuring apparatus |
SU1364911A1 (en) * | 1986-07-14 | 1988-01-07 | Институт Электродинамики Ан Усср | Method of determining temperature |
US4782708A (en) * | 1987-08-27 | 1988-11-08 | General Motors Corporation | Thermocouple sensors |
US4866442A (en) * | 1987-06-01 | 1989-09-12 | Steim Joseph M | Analog to digital converter employing delta-sigma modulation |
US4890489A (en) * | 1987-09-18 | 1990-01-02 | Bronkhorst High-Tech B.V. | Direction-sensitive flow-rate indicator |
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FR2567642B1 (en) * | 1984-07-10 | 1989-08-04 | Renault | FLUID FLOW SENSOR WITH THERMAL TRANSITION POINT |
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- 1990-06-07 ES ES90201455T patent/ES2043252T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1990-06-07 AT AT90201455T patent/ATE92182T1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1990-06-07 DE DE90201455T patent/DE69002409T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1990-06-07 EP EP90201455A patent/EP0404218B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1990-06-21 JP JP2161506A patent/JP2999227B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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Patent Citations (14)
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US4008617A (en) * | 1975-01-09 | 1977-02-22 | Filac Corporation | Electronic thermometer and method |
US4186384A (en) * | 1975-06-24 | 1980-01-29 | Honeywell Inc. | Signal bias remover apparatus |
US4045658A (en) * | 1976-01-12 | 1977-08-30 | Alnor Instrument Co. | Digitized linearizing correction apparatus with frequency modulation |
SU851117A1 (en) * | 1979-07-03 | 1981-07-30 | Тернопольский Финансово-Экономи-Ческий Институт | Device for measuring temperature |
US4373386A (en) * | 1979-07-09 | 1983-02-15 | Brooks Instrument B.V. | Direction sensitive flow velocity meter and sensing plate to be used on it |
SU898266A1 (en) * | 1980-05-16 | 1982-01-15 | Московский институт электронной техники | Device for measuring temperature fields |
US4439756A (en) * | 1982-01-20 | 1984-03-27 | International Telephone And Telegraph Corporation | Delta-Sigma modulator with switch capacitor implementation |
US4651564A (en) * | 1982-09-30 | 1987-03-24 | Honeywell Inc. | Semiconductor device |
US4693116A (en) * | 1983-06-20 | 1987-09-15 | Nippon Soken, Inc. | Semiconductor-chip gas-flow measuring apparatus |
US4672361A (en) * | 1984-09-07 | 1987-06-09 | Hitachi, Ltd. | Linear interpolative analog-to-digital converter |
SU1364911A1 (en) * | 1986-07-14 | 1988-01-07 | Институт Электродинамики Ан Усср | Method of determining temperature |
US4866442A (en) * | 1987-06-01 | 1989-09-12 | Steim Joseph M | Analog to digital converter employing delta-sigma modulation |
US4782708A (en) * | 1987-08-27 | 1988-11-08 | General Motors Corporation | Thermocouple sensors |
US4890489A (en) * | 1987-09-18 | 1990-01-02 | Bronkhorst High-Tech B.V. | Direction-sensitive flow-rate indicator |
Non-Patent Citations (2)
Title |
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Electronics Letters, vol. 24, No. 9, 28th Apr. 1988; pp. 542 543. * |
Electronics Letters, vol. 24, No. 9, 28th Apr. 1988; pp. 542-543. |
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US7761274B1 (en) | 1993-09-21 | 2010-07-20 | Intel Corporation | Temperature-based clock frequency controller apparatus and method |
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US20040047099A1 (en) * | 1993-09-21 | 2004-03-11 | Pippin Jack D. | Temperature-based cooling device controller apparatus and method |
US7216064B1 (en) * | 1993-09-21 | 2007-05-08 | Intel Corporation | Method and apparatus for programmable thermal sensor for an integrated circuit |
US6975047B2 (en) | 1993-09-21 | 2005-12-13 | Intel Corporation | Temperature-based cooling device controller apparatus and method |
US5654507A (en) * | 1996-07-03 | 1997-08-05 | Board Of Trustees Operating Michigan State University | Pulse width modulated constant temperature anemometer |
US6055489A (en) * | 1997-04-15 | 2000-04-25 | Intel Corporation | Temperature measurement and compensation scheme |
US6363490B1 (en) | 1999-03-30 | 2002-03-26 | Intel Corporation | Method and apparatus for monitoring the temperature of a processor |
US20040204899A1 (en) * | 1999-03-30 | 2004-10-14 | Gunther Stephen H. | Methods and apparatus for thermal management of an integrated circuit die |
US20040195674A1 (en) * | 1999-03-30 | 2004-10-07 | Gunther Stephen H. | Methods and apparatus for thermal management of an integrated circuit die |
US6980918B2 (en) | 1999-03-30 | 2005-12-27 | Intel Corporation | Methods and apparatus for thermal management of an integrated circuit die |
US7158911B2 (en) | 1999-03-30 | 2007-01-02 | Intel Corporation | Methods and apparatus for thermal management of an integrated circuit die |
US6393374B1 (en) | 1999-03-30 | 2002-05-21 | Intel Corporation | Programmable thermal management of an integrated circuit die |
US7263567B1 (en) | 2000-09-25 | 2007-08-28 | Intel Corporation | Method and apparatus for lowering the die temperature of a microprocessor and maintaining the temperature below the die burn out |
US6749335B2 (en) * | 2002-05-17 | 2004-06-15 | Sun Microsystems, Inc. | Adjustment and calibration system for post-fabrication treatment of on-chip temperature sensor |
US20040136437A1 (en) * | 2003-01-14 | 2004-07-15 | Satya Prakash | Thermal characterization chip |
US6966693B2 (en) * | 2003-01-14 | 2005-11-22 | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | Thermal characterization chip |
US7481574B2 (en) | 2005-12-16 | 2009-01-27 | Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha | Thermal flow rate sensor supplying digital output |
US20070140309A1 (en) * | 2005-12-16 | 2007-06-21 | Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha | Thermal flow rate sensor supplying digital output |
US7595701B2 (en) * | 2006-03-14 | 2009-09-29 | Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd. | Crystal oscillator |
US20070229176A1 (en) * | 2006-03-14 | 2007-10-04 | Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd. | Crystal oscillator |
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US20080271545A1 (en) * | 2006-09-19 | 2008-11-06 | Los Robles Advertising, Inc. | Universal Sensor Controller for a Thermal Anemometer |
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US20170127174A1 (en) * | 2012-05-11 | 2017-05-04 | Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Earphones and earbuds with physiologic sensors |
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EP0404218B1 (en) | 1993-07-28 |
JPH0342534A (en) | 1991-02-22 |
DK0404218T3 (en) | 1993-11-15 |
DE69002409D1 (en) | 1993-09-02 |
ES2043252T3 (en) | 1993-12-16 |
EP0404218A1 (en) | 1990-12-27 |
ATE92182T1 (en) | 1993-08-15 |
JP2999227B2 (en) | 2000-01-17 |
NL8901602A (en) | 1991-01-16 |
DE69002409T2 (en) | 1993-12-02 |
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